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September 2025

September 17, 2025

The 100% Failure-Rate of Our Current Political Leadership

The right-wing fantasy—that destroying the opposition will make Americans safe and happy—is going to wreck...

August 2018

August 03, 2018

Why Corruption Matters

Corruption is what we call it when someone surrenders their integrity–their sense of wholeness and...

August 01, 2018

How Does This All End? How Do We Come Back Together?

I have been wondering lately about how things are going to go down in...

July 2018

July 21, 2018

Faith Isn’t Just About Beliefs: Faith is About the Direction You Are Moving In Your Life

History always has its thought police--the people who want to force others to submit...

July 04, 2018

In Praise of Democracy: The Best Version of Patriotism is Self-Sacrifice

“An alarmingly large segment of our society simply has no access to wisdom....

July 02, 2018

Monday Morning Confessional: My Summer Reading List Thus Far

I confess that I've got a bunch of books going at once right now. This...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

Monday Morning Confessional: I Am A Walking Talking Confirmation Bias Machine

I confess that I think supporting Donald Trump because "we need to shake things up...

June 20, 2018

Wednesday Wisdom: No Truth? No Justice? No Peace.

Peace is not pragmatic. It's not a strategy or procedure put into effect in order...

June 18, 2018

Monday Morning Confessional Returns

I confess that I've been a terrible blogger lately. I confess that I have started...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

Finding Integrity on the Political Right

I was nineteen years old when I showed up to work for a summer at...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

To My Evangelical Brothers & Sisters: Trump is Our Biggest Mistake & Our Greatest Opportunity

I have a theory. I think Donald Trump is simultaneously the biggest mistake evangelicals have ever...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

Un-breaking Sexuality: Our Sexuality is a Broken Mess – So, Where Do We Go from Here?

From now on, the mere mention the names Harvey Weinstein, Roy Moore, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey,...

October 2017

October 19, 2017

Stanley Hauerwas: A Prayer for Our Enemies As We Are All Learning How to Hate

We are all learning how to hate. That is to say, we are all being...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

To Kneel Is Human, to Listen Is Divine

What if they kneel because we're not listening? What if they kneel because it's the...

September 14, 2017

Stop Blaming the Politicians – We Are the Reason Washington is Such a Mess

There's a theory that contends politicians don't lead the culture. Politicians reflect the culture. Washington isn't leading...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Ex-White Nationalist Derek Black’s Unique Perspective on Trump’s Rhetoric

I've got a podcast to recommend. It's called The Daily, from The New York Times. I...

August 25, 2017

The Numbers Say Evangelicals are Losing Faith in Trump … I don’t Buy It

"White Christian conservatives were Trump’s largest single voting bloc: bigger than the “white working...

August 23, 2017

Reporters Are Actually Forced to Have Integrity – Here’s How It Works

I'm so tired of hearing the fake news meme, especially because true reporters are actually...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

Who Would Jesus Deport?: For the Christian, Immigration Isn’t About Politics or Economics

I am raising my voice in opposition to the prospect of the United States Government...

November 08, 2016

An Election Day Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow...

July 2016

July 06, 2016

The Troubling Theology of Donald Trump

Peter Wehner is a lifelong Republican who served in the Reagan White House and that...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Church Lady Came Back To SNL w/Special Guests: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz

The church lady came back to SNL with guest appearances by Ted Cruz and Donald...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Did the Koch Brothers Just Pick a Candidate?

On the list of the richest people in America, Charles and David Koch stand tied...

February 01, 2016

Nate Silver On Why Iowa Matters for Trump & Sanders

Why should just a few hundred thousand voters taking part in a bizarre caucusing ritual...